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Friday, May 31, 2013

Ganim praised for well documented budget plan

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Friday 31st May
2013

By PHILIP KEPSON

WABAG MP Robert Ganim has been praised for coming up with a well
documented budget of K10 million for his District Services Improvement Program
funds.Enga Provincial Administrator Dr Samson Amean told a provincial
management team last week that it was the first time for him in the last five
years to see Mr Ganim and his Joint district planning and budget priorities
committee coming up with a budget plan which had realistic priorities on
spending the DSIP funds.Mr Amean said he was particularly happy with the
Wabag MP’s allocation of funds in line with development targets of the national
government’s vision 2050 and various medium term strategies. He said the
province would go a long way if all districts did the same. “I am happy that the
MP for Wabag has come up with a well documented budget plan that reflected the
aspirations of the national government’s long and short term plans,” he
said.He said it was the role of the district administrators to advise the
MPs on procedures involved in coming up with plans on using public funds, to
ensure that the small people in the villages were the ultimate
beneficiaries.Dr Amean’s comments were made in light of public speculations
that many MPs in the country were coming up with shopping lists on spending the
DSIP funds, without following proper procedures in terms of holding correct
meetings to consider vital spending guidelines.It’s understood that service
delivery and project implementation programs in at least one district in the
province has come to a standstill because the particular MP has not held his
first meeting since he was elected to office to allow for the district treasury
to expand funds earmarked for this year.A district senior public servant,
who did not want his name mentioned, said the acting district administrator for
that district was still waiting for the MP to go home to organize the operation
of the district, while other districts and provinces in the country were ready
to undergo their second quarterly budget review.Governor Peter Ipatas raised
concerns two weeks ago about at least one MP’s decision to engage Western
Highlands Provincial authorities to administer road redevelopment programs in
his district. He told a gathering in Wabag that it was only proper for leaders
to utilize public finance procurement process in Enga to carryout projects in
the province.

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